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The term is introduced by Norbert Wiener
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Introduced by Manfred Clynes
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A novel by Philip K. Dick - early creator of the genre
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Punk era begins
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Ridley Scott's 1982 movie is released. The first movie of the Cyberpunk genre.
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The term 'Cyberpunk' was first used in Bruce Bethke's short story named 'Cyberpunk'. The word 'Cyber' originated from cybernetics, and word 'punk' derived from Punk-Rock music.
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The publishment of 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson caught the media's attention, thus allowing the term 'Cyberpunk' to begin the transformation from a movement into a genre.
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The box office smash is released.
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José Padilha sci-fi action is released
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The squeal to the box office smash
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Neal Stephenson's release of 'Snowcrash' altered the genre 'Cyberpunk' positivey. The novel did not follow the newly familiar Cyberpunk cliche', thus attracting Sci-Fi audiences futher.
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"Cyberpunk" fans outraged they were targeted through the magazine. The genres first real mainstream media exposure. "With virtual sex, smart drugs and synthetic rock 'n' roll, a new $ counterculture is surfing on the dark edges of the computer age" (Elmer-Dewitt, 1993).
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Although not a huge box office success, the movie exposed and made hacking significant to the public.
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With the release of 'The Matrix' Cyberpunk became increasingly to those who knew of it previously and to a new generation. It allowed new types of genre followers and the recognition that it use to maintain in the 1980's.
